Teaching Resources

It is important for educators to realize that their students have diverse abilities and learning styles. Students are the beneficiaries of what and how you communicate. Therefore, what and how you communicate needs to be inclusive and accessible to everyone and in accordance to the policies, standards, and guidelines approved by Queen’s University and meet the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Below are some categorized resources to assist educators.

Accessible Education and Course Design

Accessible Instruction for Educators: Every educator who communicates and interacts with persons with disabilities on behalf of Queen's University must receive training on accessible instruction. At Queen's we consider educators to be all individuals who participate in the creation, development or delivery of materials, activities and assessments for learning to Queen’s students. We also consider Queen’s professional learning instructors and developers who work with and for staff, faculty, and other Queen's personnel to be educators.

Course Materials

Some students with disabilities require their readings in an alternate format that can be provided by the Adaptive Technology Center. Providing course material in an alternate format is time-consuming and labour intensive. Advance planning ensures that students receive their course materials in time for class use.

ARES E-Reserves

With E-reserves, you can manage your resources on your own (and only rely on us for Copyright and Accessibility) or you can use our full service solution that includes meeting with library staff and having them help you add citations to the system. Scanning is also optional - you are free to scan things yourself or have the library do the work. E-reserves will also allow you to modify, delete and add materials throughout a term and will allow you to add material to both physical (print) or electronic reserve.

Accessibility

When you add your readings to Ares, library staff will check and ensure that the material meets basic accessibility standards. If these standards do not meet the needs of a student in your class, we will work with Library Services for Students with Disabilities to ensure that they do.

This service is now available for any faculty using the Moodle Learning Management System.